Drinking glass



Sept. 28, 1954 M. E. RUPE 2,690,064

DRINKING GLASS Filed May 22, 1953 /8 v gas jig-I 4 INVENTOR. Max E. Hupe A 7' TOE/VEYS Patented Sept. 28, 1954 2 STATES PATENT QFFIC'E DRINKING: GLASS- Max. E.. Rupe, Fairfield, Iowa. Application May 22, 1953', Serial No. 356,752

a drinking glass: having; means. incorporated therein, thatxwilLbe efiectiveto; limitiiceand; solid obiectsfromrising. beyond; a predetermined level within the: glass. In this; way; it: is proposed to permit; a. liquid; to. be; drunk; without; interference from floating ice.

Among important objects of the: invention are to provide. a. drinking: glass as: stated: which will be. inexpensively constructed; will have means removably insertible therein, that is; specifically designed. tohold the: ice: against rising: to the. top of the glass; and will permit. the insertion or removal of said means; withzminimum; difficulty and loss of; time",

Other: objects: will: appear from the: following description, the claims. appended thereto, and from; the annexed. drawing, which like; refer- :ence; characters designate; like parts. throughout the several. views, and; wherein:

Figure- I is a. longitudinalisectional view through a. glass formed inaccordance with the present invention, as it" appears; when in. use, the: view being taken. on line l----iof Figure: 2;

Figure; zisi atop plan view Figure 3 is a. longitudinal sectional view of the container portion of the: glass. perse,. the cutplane of Figure. 3 being, at right angles to the cutting plane of. Figure. 1;; and.

Figure 4; is a side. elevational view of 1111670011- tainer insert, per se.

The. reference numeral. [11- has been. applied generally in thedrawingz to; designate a. container, an; insert I2 being. removably' engaged in said container: to. cooperate; therewith in forming: the

completed. drinking glass.

The container can be formed of any suitable. material; such-as; aluminum,v glass, or any of: the: plastics found suitable,- f or container construction. The container can be molded as a one-pieceintegral article including a downward- 1y; tapering; side wall; [4 merging into a foot l8 having a flat bottom l6. Bottom I6 is'integrally formed with the outwardly extended, circumferential foot I8, the outer diameter of said foot being substantially greater'than the diameter of the lower; or small end of the container side wall.

Formed in the foot I8 is. a circumferential groove. 20,. said groove being disposed interiorly of the glass, so as to open inwardly within. the

bottom portion of the container. A pair of dia- .metrically opposite, elongated, longitudinally extending, guide grooves 22 are formed inthe inner surface of. the side wall" If, the upper ends of. said guide. grooves merging into the inner surface. of

er. end of the tapered sidewall merges. into the circumferentially grooved inner. surface. of; foot [8. At said lower ends of the guide grooves 22,

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More:- particularly;. the invention hasreference' to 2. recesses 24 are formed, the recesses 24 opening downwardly into communication, with. the circumferential. groove at diametrically opposite locations therein, said recesses 24 also being in communication withthelower ends of the guide grooves 22.

Considering now the I construction. of. the insert [1-2; said insert includes a perforate member 26 atits upper end, the outer configuration of which is complementary to the.- cross sectional configuration of the container. The perforate member fits snugly within the container, in spaced relation to the upper end of said container, as best shown in- Figure 1, and it will be observed that the perforate member will thus limit ice cubes 0 or other solid objects from. rising within the container beyond a predetermined level. Of course, the perforate member can be formed of any suitable material', and can be of wire mesh or screen material, as shown. Alternatively, theperforate member might quite possibly be formed from a flat piece of sheet metal or plastic, freely perforated throughout its area to permit thefree passage of liquid.

Fixedly secured: at their upper ends to theperforate members 26, at diametrically opposite locations upon said perforate member, are elongated spring'legs 28, said. legsbeing sotensioned as to normally extend in perpendicularity to'the plane of the perforatemember 26, as shown in Figure 4'. The free or lower ends of the legs 28 are curved outwardly as at 30,. and terminate in upwardly projecting, fingers 32 that. are reasonably engageable in the downwardly opening recesses 24.

In useof the device, the insert would. first be gripped by the user, a relatively short: handle; 34 being secured to the perforate member 26 at a central. location thereupon tofacilitate the. grasping of the insert. Thev insert is then lowered into the container [4,. after the spring legs 28; have been aligned with the guidev grooves 22. Iihe guide. grooves 22 will receive the fingers 325,. so asxto guide said fingers downwardly within: the container. At the lower limit. of its movement, or substantially at. the lower limit. of; his movement, the insert will". be disposed as inFigure 1, from which. figure it will be seen that the fingers ultimately move out of the lower ends of the grooves22into the recesses. The insert is thus releasably interlocked with its associated container I4, ready for use. Theliquid L can now be consumed without interference from the ice, since said ice will be restrained by the perforate member.

When the insert is to be removed, it is. merely necessary that a. slight downward pressure be initially exerted upon the handle. 34. This. causes the fingers 32 tomove downwardly out of. recesses 24.. Thereafter, the insert is. rotated slightly, so as to offset the fingers from the recesses. Upward pullis now exerted upon the insert through the medium of the handle 34, thus causing the 3 inner surface of the container to cam the spring legs inwardly, after which the legs move onto the tapered part of the container, thereby permitting the entire insert to be readily removed.

It may be noted that the perforate member can be of a deformable material, to facilitate movement of the legs between the normal position shown in Figure 4 and the use positions shown in Figure 1. In other words, in some instances, the legs might not be of spring material, and the perforate member '26 might, instead, be of a springable nature to allow the legs to move between their normally parallel positions shown in Figure 4 and their downwardly converging positions shown in Figure 1.

It is believed apparent that the invention is not necessarily confined to the specific use or uses thereof described above, since it may be utilized for any purpose to which it may be suited. Nor is the invention to be necessarily limited to the specific construction illustrated and described, since such construction is only intended to be illustrative of the principles of operation and the means presently devised to carry out said principles, it being considered that the invention comprehends any minor change in construction that may be permitted within the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A drinking glass comprising: a container for a liquid having an internal circumferential groove at its bottom, said container being formed with downwardly opening recesses communicating with said groove; and an insert within the container including a perforate member extending transversely of the container to limit ice and other solid objects from rising beyond a predetermined level within said container, said insert further including legs depending from the perforate member and formed with outwardly extending lower end portions terminating in upwardly projecting fingers, said fingers releasably engaging in the recesses to separably interlock the insert with the container.

2. A drinking glass comprising: a container for a liquid having a pair of guide grooves extending longitudinally of the inner surface of the container side wall and an internal circumferential groove communicating with said guide grooves at the bottom of the container,

said container being formed with downwardly opening recesses communicating with said circumferential groove at the lower ends of the guide grooves; and an insert within the container including a perforate member extending transversely of the container to limit ice and other solid objects from rising beyond a predetermined level within said container, said insert further including legs depending from the perforate member and formed with outwardly extending lower end portions terminating in upwardly projecting fingers, said legs being shiftable longitudinally of and within the guide grooves for releasably engaging said fingers in the recesses, thus to separably interlock the insert with the container.

3. A drinking glass comprising: a container for a liquid having a pair of guide grooves extending longitudinally of the inner surface of the container side wall and having an internal circumferential groove communicating with said guide grooves at the bottom of the container, said container being formed with downwardly opening recesses communicating with said circumferential groove at the lower ends of the guide grooves; and an insert within the container including a perforate member extending transversely of the container to limit ice and other solid objects from rising beyond a predetermined level within said container, said insert further including spring legs depending from the perforate member and formed with outwardly extending lower end portions terminating in upwardly projecting fingers, the spring legs being tensioned to normally spring away from one another and being biased inwardly against the spring tension thereof for releasably engaging said fingers in the recesses, thus to separably interlock the insert with the container, said insert being rotatable on disengagement of the fingers from the recesses to locate the fingers in the circumferential groove, thus to permit extraction of the insert from the container.

4. A drinking glass comprising: a container for a liquid having a pair of guide grooves extending longitudinally of the inner surface of the container side wall and having an internal circumferential groove communicating with said guide grooves at the bottom of the container, said container being formed with downwardly opening recesses communicating with said circumferential groove at the lower ends of the guide grooves; and an insert within the container including a perforate member extending transversely of the container to limit ice and other solid objects from rising beyond a predetermined level within said container, said insert further including spring legs depending from the perforate member and formed with outwardly extending lower end portions terminating in upwardly projecting fingers, the spring legs being tensioned to normally spring away from one another and being biased inwardly against the spring tension thereof for releasably engaging said fingers in the recesses, thus to separably interlock the insert with the container, said insert being rotatable on disengagement of the fingers from the recesses to locate the fingers in the circumferential groove, thus to permit extraction of the insert from the container, said insert including a handle projecting upwardly from the perforate member with the perforate member being of deformable formation, whereby to cause upward pull on the handle after rotation of the insert to be effective for camming the spring legs inwardly, thus to withdraw the fingers from said circumferential groove during removal of the insert from the container.

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